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China’s Hubei province reports 65 new coronavirus deaths, total at 479
The number of deaths in China’s central Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak had risen by 65 to 479 as of yesterday, Chinese state television reported today. There were a further 3,156 cases detected in Hubei, the epicentre of the
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Coronavirus: HK reports first death as hospital workers escalate strike
HONG KONG: Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus death today, a 39-year-old male who had been suffering from an underlying illness and had visited China’s Wuhan city last month, hospital staff said, marking the second death outside mainland China. The
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Agong hopes Malaysians returning from Wuhan to be in good health
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah hopes all Malaysians who will be brought back from Wuhan, China, to be in good health and protected from infection of the 2019 novel coronavirus and other diseases. Comptroller of the Royal
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Dr Mahathir, Imran Khan meet in Putrajaya
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and visiting Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan held a meeting at Perdana Putra here today to take stock of the existing cooperation between Malaysia and Pakistan. According to a Wisma Putra statement yesterday,
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H5N1: No import of live animals, products from Shaoyang – Veterinary DG
PUTRAJAYA: Veterinary Services Department (VSD) director-general Datuk Dr Quaza Nizamuddin Hassan said Malaysia does not import live animals and products from Shaoyang in Hunan, China, where an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu was reported. He said Malaysia imported chicken cuts from a chicken
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Coronavirus: China virus death toll passes 400 mark
BEIJING: China said it would welcome assistance from the US to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll rose today by a new daily record to more than 420. The
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Coronavirus: Returning Thais to be quarantined at Chon Buri
BANGKOK: All Thais evacuated from Wuhan, the epicentre of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China, tomorrow will be examined and quarantined for 14 days at naval base Chon Buri. In a statement today, Royal Thai Navy spokesperson Prachachart Sirisawat said five buildings
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Coronavirus: China accuses US of whipping up panic
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China has agreed to allow US health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) effort to help fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths continued to mount. In central China’s
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Coronavirus wipes RM1.7 trillion off China’s stock market
Investors erased US$420 billion (RM1.7 trillion) from China’s benchmark stock index today, sold the yuan and dumped commodities as fears about the spreading coronavirus and its economic impact drove selling on the first day of trade in China since the
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Preparation to bring home Malaysians from Wuhan in final stage – Ambassador
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Embassy in China is in the final stage of preparations to gather all identified Malaysians in Wuhan to be brought home today, following the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China. Malaysian Ambassador to China Raja Datuk
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